further to this later on in my catalina.out log the following occurs
INFO: Using JNDI solr.home: /home/lewis/Downloads/wombra 04-Mar-2011 15:00:23 org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader <init> INFO: Solr home set to '/home/lewis/Downloads/wombra/' 04-Mar-2011 15:00:23 org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader replaceClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/home/lewis/Downloads/wombra/lib/geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec-1.0.1.jar' to classloader 04-Mar-2011 15:00:23 org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader replaceClassLoader INFO: Adding 'file:/home/lewis/Downloads/wombra/lib/slf4j-jdk14-1.5.5.jar' to classloader ... many ... more This has really got me confusedas it would appear all of the files in the JNDI property are loaded... the exact same files present in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/myWebApp/lib Lewis ________________________________________ From: McGibbney, Lewis John [lewis.mcgibb...@gcu.ac.uk] Sent: 04 March 2011 20:13 To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: Tomcat failing to process JAR's within web app Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 Winner: Times Higher Education’s Widening Participation Initiative of the Year 2009 and Herald Society’s Education Initiative of the Year 2009. http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,6219,en.html Winner: Times Higher Education’s Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers of the Year 2010, GCU as a lead with Universities Scotland partners. http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,15691,en.html